Three officials from the Egyptian Competition Authority participated in the International Cartel Network workshop on Cracking Cartels - Recent International Developments on October 27, 2008.

In support of the mandate of the Egyptian Consumer Protection Agency, CLDP organized a two-week consultative visit to the US and Mexico for sixteen (16) Egyptian officials to meet with their U.S. and Mexican counterparts to discuss, inter alia, policies, regulations, procedures and practices...

During the week of November 16, 2008 CLDP held a workshop in Cairo for 150 attendees that explained the challenges and solutions in developing the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) to a broad group of stakeholders.

CLDP held meetings with Qatar University College of Law Faculty to assist in creating and implementing a new course for law students on legal research and writing, which are essential skills for Qatar's future lawyers to support business transactions an the economic rule of law. This event is the...

CLDP organized a seminar to give Bahraini judges an overview of U.S. bilateral FTAs and the Middle East Free Trade Initiative, as well as the U.S.-Bahrain FTA commitments (labor, environment, textiles, public health, services and financial services, agriculture, and customs) and its impact on IPR...

CLDP organized two workshops in Manama, Bahrain to introduce Bahraini lawyers and judges to intellectual property rights and the benefits of protection.

CLDP conducted two weeks of faculty consultations and interactive workshops to help Sultan Qaboos University College of Law establish an international commercial arbitration program centered on participation in an international competition.

Three officials from the Egyptian Competition Authority participated in the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Forum that was held in Paris, France.

CLDP hosted staff of the Egyptian Consumer Protection Agency at the Annual Meeting and Training Symposium of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization in Orlando, Florida.

In order to assist Oman's development of commercial law consistent with international standards, CLDP met with Information Technology Authority (ITA) officials in Muscat, Oman to plan programming that would educate the private sector regarding the new E-Transaction Law in the country.